The US yesterday welcomed the planned release of over 40,000 persons now accommodated at government-run welfare camps in northern Sri Lanka.
The following is the full text of US statement issued yesterday: The United States welcomes the Government of Sri Lanka’s acceleration of the voluntary return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their villages. We are encouraged by the Government’s announcement that it intends in the next few weeks to facilitate the voluntary return of over 40,000 of the approximately